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Why do I get occasional, seemingly inconsistent errors checking out over http:// from a repository running on MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger)?

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Why do I get occasional, seemingly inconsistent errors checking out over http:// from a repository running on MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger)?

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Note: this assumes the repository is being served by Apache 2.0.x. There is a bug in APR 0.9.6 that is present when it is running on Tiger, and shows up when you attempt to check out a file larger than 64K. The resulting checkout fails, often with unpredictable error messages.